Table 2. Physiological measurements.

Treatment with 75% xenon:25% oxygen for 3 hours, starting 15 minutes after trauma had no effect on blood pressure, heart rate or temperature compared to 75% nitrogen:25% oxygen control. Data shown below are individual values for each animal (n=16) together with mean and SEM for each group. There were no significant differences between control or xenon treatment groups for systolic or diastolic blood pressure (p=0.49, p=0.43), heart rate (p=0.36) or temperature (p=0.53).

treatment	Systolic BP (mm Hg)	Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	Heart Rate min−1	Temperature °C
control	179	150	493	36.7
control	162	129	487	n.d.
control	165	135	482	n.d.
control	157	124	540	36.6
control	146	114	462	35.9
control	132	106	344	37.3
control	171	149	452	37.7
control	170	130	400	37.1
mean ± SEM	160 ± 5	130 ± 5	458 ± 21	36.9 ± 0.2
75% xenon	171	133	424	37.4
75% xenon	143	101	431	36.5
75% xenon	166	140	389	36.8
75% xenon	143	120	552	36.7
75% xenon	162	137	484	37.4
75% xenon	145	112	425	36.8
75% xenon	164	136	401	37.3
75% xenon	150	109	310	37.6
mean ± SEM	156 ± 4	124 ± 5	427 ± 25	37.0 ± 0.1